DISGRACED USA GYMNASTICS DOC SENTENCED TO ANOTHER 40-125 YEARS

Larry Nassar is a master of manipulation, Kaitlyn Basel, a dancer who was first abused by Nassar at the age of 12, told the court Friday... READ MORE›

'AS IF I COULD HAVE TAKEN A SELFIE OR A PHOTO WHILE KARADIMA ABUSED ME'

Francis vowed to hold such bishops accountable, but he scrapped a proposed Vatican tribunal to discipline negligent bishops after Vatican canon lawyers objected... READ MORE›

LARRY NASSAR SENTENCED TO UP TO 175 YEARS IN PRISON

I just signed your death warrant, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar, 54, at the sentence hearing in Lansing, Michigan, on Wednesday... READ MORE›

HOW PARENTS CAN PROTECT THEIR YOUNG ATHLETES FROM THE LARRY NASSARS OF THE WORLD

To date, more than 150 young women, including some of America's most decorated gymnasts, have alleged sexual abuse by Nassar... READ MORE›

DEADLY RAPE OF YOUNG GIRL IS SPURRING ABUSE VICTIMS IN PAKISTAN TO SPEAK OUT

But it also triggered an unprecedented national bout of soul-searching, outrage and public confessions from victims of sexual abuse... READ MORE›

IN PAKISTAN, THE RAPE AND KILLING OF ZAINAB AMIN IS CHANGING A CULTURE OF SHAME AND INDIFFERENCE

In Pakistan, the rape and killing of Zainab Amin is changing a culture of shame and indifference... READ MORE›

TAIWANESE DENTIST ORDERED TO PAY MOTHER FOR RAISING HIM

The lower courts ruled in favor of Chu andA Lo appealedA to the Supreme Court... READ MORE›

ESTIMATED 20,000 BRITISH MEN INTERESTED IN SEXUALLY ABUSING CHILDREN

Cases of uk child sexual abuse up 31 percent, says nspcc... READ MORE›

ARCHBISHOP REJECTS CALL TO REPORT CONFESSIONS

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse had the power to look at any private, public or non-government body involved with children... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE INQUIRY REPORTS 'CATASTROPHIC FAILURES OF LEADERSHIP'

It also claimed celibacy contributed to child abuse and that it should be made voluntary for clergy in the Catholic Church... READ MORE›

ADULT FILM ACTRESS AUGUST AMES REVEALED PAST SEXUAL ABUSE AND DRUG ABUSE PRIOR TO DEATH

Adult film actress August Ames opened up about childhood sexual abuse, mental health issues, and drug abuse, just weeks before her death from a reported suicide... READ MORE›

INDIA CONSIDERS JAIL FOR 'INSTANT DIVORCE'

The Supreme Court ruling came after five women petitions the court, arguing the traditional practice violated their fundamental rights... READ MORE›

CHINA KINDERGARTEN SEX ABUSE AND 'NEEDLEMARKS' CLAIMS PROMPT POLICE PROBE

A security camera is pictured at the kindergarten run by pre-school operator RYB Education Inc being investigated by China's police, in Beijing, China November 24, 2017... READ MORE›

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JUDGE RELEASES USA GYMNASTICS SEX ABUSE FILES

The investigation also emboldened more than 80 people to come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against longtime USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar... READ MORE›

SUPREME COURT WON'T DECIDE TRANSGENDER BATHROOM CASE, VACATES EARLIER RULING

The Supreme Court will not decide the hot-button issue of transgender bathroom rights after all... READ MORE›

CARDINAL GEORGE PELL CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE SEXUAL-ASSAULT OFFENSES.

Cardinal George Pell is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the churchs long-running sexual abuse scandal... READ MORE›

FAMILIES WIN SUPREME COURT APPEALS OVER 'UNFAIR' BEDROOM TAX

Disability campaigners gather at supreme court for bedroom tax cases... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT IN ROTHERHAM COUNCIL TAKEOVER AFTER ABUSE INQUIRY

Rotherham Council demonstrated a resolute denial of the child abuse that was taking place, the report found... READ MORE›

INDIAN SISTERS TO BE RAPED AS 'PUNISHMENT' FOR BROTHER ELOPING

These Khap courts routinely order vile sexually violent punishments against women... READ MORE›

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL ROCKS U.K. SOCCER

The first time Mr. Woodward stayed at the cottage, Mr. Bennell gave him a pair of soccer cleats to keep... READ MORE›

HAMED SHAFIA, CONVICTED IN 2009 'HONOUR KILLINGS,' APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT FOR NEW TRIAL

Shafia is taking his request for a new trial in the killings of four female family members to the Supreme Court of Canada... READ MORE›

INDIAN SUPREME COURT IN LANDMARK RULING ON PRIVACY

India's Supreme Court has ruled that citizens have a fundamental right to privacy, in a landmark judgement... READ MORE›

THERESA MAYS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE INQUIRY FACES NEW STORM

Theresa may's child sexual abuse inquiry faces new storm... READ MORE›

REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE RISING SHARPLY, NSPCC SAYS

The number of recorded sexual offences against children in England and Wales has increased by a third, the NSPCC says... READ MORE›

TRUMP ASKS SUPREME COURT TO REINSTATE TRAVEL BAN

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate its ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries... READ MORE›

MP MICHELLE THOMSON SAYS SHE WAS RAPED AGED 14

Mps ask may to ratify international accord on violence against women... READ MORE›

They never touch a child, or act sexually in the presence of a child, or look at child abuse images online... READ MORE›

TWO INDIAN SISTERS TO BE RAPED AS 'PUNISHMENT' AFTER BROTHER ELOPED

The village council then made its ruling that the Dalit family should be dishonoured to avenge the brother's supposed crime... READ MORE›

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS TO BE GRANTED COMPENSATION FOLLOWING CRITICISM

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is also looking closely at the issue of compensation... READ MORE›

ATTORNEY GENERAL WARNS SUPREME COURT NOT TO 'STRAY INTO AREAS OF POLITICAL JUDGEMENT' IN BREXIT CASE

The Supreme Court has to be very careful to engage in only the matters before it... READ MORE›

ALEXIS JAY ON CHILD SEX ABUSE

But rather than tending to her garden she ended up digging up horrific claims of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham... READ MORE›

SUPREME COURT AGREES TO HEAR APPEAL OF CROSS-BORDER BOOZE CASE

This Comeau case, with the Supreme Court decision, could have more profound effects on interprovincial trade barriers than President Trump could, said Blue... READ MORE›

JOHN ALLEN JAILED FOR CHILD ABUSE AT WREXHAM CARE HOMES

John Allen, 73, of Needham Market, Suffolk, had denied 40 counts of sex abuse against 19 boys and one girl in the late 1960s up to the early 1990s... READ MORE›

MP HARVEY PROCTOR CALLS ABUSE INQUIRY 'HOMOSEXUAL WITCH HUNT'

'Bewilderment' Speaking about the list of names in the alleged gang of child abusers, Mr Proctor said he and Sir Edward despised each other... READ MORE›

JUDGE IN SPAIN CHARGES 10 PRIESTS WITH CHILD SEX ABUSE

Related Stories A judge in the southern Spanish city of Granada has charged 10 Roman Catholic priests and two Catholic lay workers with child sex abuse... READ MORE›

LAMBETH COUNCIL TO PAY TENS OF MILLIONS TO CHILD ABUSE SURVIVORS

Council is preparing a package of redress for those who suffered abuse at Shirley Oaks children's home and others in borough... READ MORE›

CARDINAL GEORGE PELL DENIES CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES

In February, The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, reported more than 4,400 alleged incidents of sexual abuse by Catholic priests between 1980 and 2015... READ MORE›

DENNIS OLAND WAS WRONGLY DENIED BAIL, SUPREME COURT OF CANADA RULES

This is the first time the Supreme Court has ruled on how the bail provisions in the Criminal Code should work in appeals of convictions... READ MORE›

THE MOTHERS WHO INFILTRATED AN ONLINE PAEDOPHILE GROUP

But one day in March she stumbled across a blog about a group that shares child abuse pictures... READ MORE›

JOZEF WESOLOWSKI EX-ARCHBISHOP ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE DIES AT 67

Mr. Wesolowski died in his Vatican City residence where he had lived since September after he was placed under house arrest... READ MORE›

EUROPOL SHOWS CLUES FROM CHILD ABUSE IMAGES TO TRACK OFFENDERS

Steven Wilson, chief of Europol's EC3 Cybercrime centre, said mundane objects can sometimes provide a vital lead... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS CONTACT POLICE OVER SEX ABUSE IN UK FOOTBALL

British police officials say hundreds of people have filed reports of child sex abuse within the country's football system... READ MORE›

POPE FRANCIS PROCLAIMS 'ZERO TOLERANCE' TO CHILD MOLESTERS

The letter focused on scourge of child sexual abuse within the Church... READ MORE›